China’s Weekly AI Model Call Volume Surpasses US for Fifth Consecutive Week

According to the latest data from OpenRouter, global AI model call volume reached 27 trillion tokens during the week of March 30 to April 5, a 18.9% increase from the previous week. Among this, China’s weekly AI model call volume rose to 12.96 trillion tokens, surging 31.48% week-on-week, while US models recorded 3.03 trillion tokens, up only 0.76% over the same period.

China has now achieved continuous growth in weekly call volume for five straight weeks, consistently outpacing the United States. The rankings show that the top six models globally by call volume are all Chinese. Alibaba’s Qwen3.6 Plus (free) leads the list with 4.6 trillion tokens.